Means for attaching glass to window-sash.



G. 'B. KOHLER. MEANS FOR ATTAGHING GLASS T0 WINDOW SASH.

APPLIOATION FILED JAN. 31, 1908.

91 9,887. Patented A r. 27, 1909.

frcvezdbm CC(IR UNITED rnrENrr OFFICE.

GEORGE B. KOHLER, or PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA, AssieNoR TO THE .1. e. BRILL I co ANY, F PHILanE rniA, VPENN$YLVAN'IA, A CORPORATION OF PENNSYLVANIA.

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Patented April 27, 1909 Serial No. 413,700..

Specification of Letters Patent. Application filed January 31 1908.

forced in position: It will be noticed that -when the fastening strip is in the position shown, in. Figs. 2 and 7, the flange ksirests against the surface ofthe glass B and the deigice is engaged-by the lip a, the lip entering -the roove (2 while its inner end rests To all whom it may concern: 1

Be it known that I, GEORGE B. KOHLER, a citizen of the United States,residing in Philadel hia, Pennsylvania, have invented 5 certai mprovements'in Means for Attachinlg Glass to Window-Sashes, of which the f0 owing is a s ecification. I I againstt e strip E as clearly shown.

The object 0 my invention is-to'provide'a (The glass can be readil inserted infthe simple andeffective means for attaching a sash so as to rest against til sheet of glass to a'window sash,.particularly held, in position by the offset in the the sashes of car windows and doors, dis- The strip D is th'en'plaeed' against te glass pensing with the use of putty and strips of as indicated in Fig.5 and forced into the revwood, making the device. of metal and s0 cess in the sash, as shown in ig. 6; being arranging it that it can be readily detached made preferably of thin spring metal it will when a new sheet of glass is to be inserted. yield so as to ass the lip a atthe same time This object I attain in the following manner, forcing the g ass hard against the flange a ;reference being had to the accompanying until the recess d drawing, in which zsash, when it will spring in position as indiigure 1, is a view of a car Window sash cated in Fig. 7, retainingthe glasssecurely illustrating my invention; Fig. 2, is a deto the sash, and while it holds the glass firmly tached perspective view of a portion of a it will allow it to yield a given extent under sash showing the fastening means applied; certain conditions.

Fig. 3, is adetached perspective View of. a the glass all that is portion of the sash; Fig. 4, is a detached per, strip D toward the 2 spective view of a portion of the fastening from under the 1i 4 means; Figs. 5, 6 and 7, are sectional views readily detached. he stri s at each side and .showing 'the' method of attaching the glass at one end may he mitere to the sash Figs. 8, 9' and 10, are views illus- Fig. 1, and theother strip trating modifications of the invention; and plain and inserted after the n osition, if desired.

3 1* 1g. 11, is a sectional view through the lower portion of the-sash. n Fig. 8, I have shown a sash A made of wood and having secured to it a metallic strip A A is the sash. L l B is the sheet of glass mounted. in the provided with the lip portion of the sashis be'vele shown.

sash A.

D is the fastening strip which secures the I glass to the sash. In Fig. 9, I have shown The sash, as shown in Figs. 2 to 7 .incluwith a wooden filling block for the metal late E.

In Fig. 1-0, have shown a modification of sive, is .made of metal so shaped as to form the fastening strip; a flange d being bent in on one side a flange a against which the glass 4 B rests when in position, and on the o posite from one edge. and preferably roughened, and a stri of'felt or rubber 'i being inserted side is a flange a having a lip a, whic 1s engaged by the fastening strip D.

between t eiastening strip and the sheet of glass. The

Mounted in the sash is a metallic strip E secured to the sash by rivets or other fastenstrip may be "on both sides of ings e, and thisstrip is ofiset at e forming a the glass in some instances if desired.

stop against which the'edge of the sheet of The sash, as illustrated in Figs. 1 and 2, glass restswhen in position, and is arranged at an angle in respect to the flange a forming a bearing surface. g

The fastenin strip D is made of sheet metal bent as 0 early shown in Fig. 4 so as to form a bearing flange d and a groove 11'. The inner portion (1 of the fastening stri rides upon the inclined strip 'E when it s necessary is to force the glass and withdraw it may be perfectly others are placed and notched as 35 a metallic sash'A is shown as made hollow and in beating rains water may, in some instances, pass the stripand settle in the lower part of thesash. I11 order to release this water I one or more perforations a 1n the bottomof the sash, as shown inFig. 11.

It will be seen that if the glass is'broken it can be readily removed and a new sheet of e flange a and is late E.

alines with the lip a of the a; the wooden preferably make If it is desired to remove when the glass can be as'illustrated in E as a substitute Y sheet of glass .it in position.

glass placed in its stead, and thes ring retaining stri will accommodate itse to the thickness of glass used.

In the ordinary method of fastening great care must be exercised in having the new sheet of glass the same thickness as the removed, in order to use the same screw holes. If a thinner sheet of glass is used then it will rattle in the sash and if a thicker sheet of glass is used it binds so hard that in many instances the new sheet of glass is cracked in the endeavor to secure These objections are entirely overcome by the use of my improved glass retaining device.

1. The combination of a sash having a bearing flange and a stop against which the edge of the sheet of glass rests, and having an inclined bearing surface back of the stop, a li ped flange extending over the bearing ace, and an angular spring strip having a groove and adapted to be inserted between the lipfed fiangeand the glass, the inner edge of sea as it is forced into p ace.

2. The combination of a window sash strip riding ulpon the bearing surface having a flange at each edge, one of said flanges formin a bearing for a sheet of glass, the other having a li extending inwardly, said sash having an oflset forming a stop to limit the lateral movement of the glass, and a spring retaining strip having a longitudinal groove adapted to be forced into the space between the li Lped flange and the glass and to be engaged y the lip.

3. The combination of a metallic Window sash having an inner and an outer flange, one of said flanges acting as a seat for the sheet of glass, the other flange having an inwardly extending 1i a sheet metal plate secured within the sasii and offset to prevent lateral movement of the sash, with a spring retaining strip having a flange bearing against the glass and having a recessed portion adapted to receive the lip on the sash.

In testimony whereof, I have signed my name to this specification, in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

GEORGE B. KOHLER.

Witnesses A. C. WILD, A. N. HARGROVE. 

